let me quote to you, if i may... ..parroting hamas�*s numbers. ..people who are not hamas...n. ..important in this context. jan egeland, i know you know him. he's been a long—time visitor to both israel and the occupied territories. he's the head of the norwegian refugee council now. he says this — "the israeli bombardment is indiscriminate. "there is no escape for civilians, "no real access for aid. "the hospitals have virtually collapsed, "civilians are being starved, "and the hostages, the israeli hostages, "are still not released." that is a pretty accurate summation of where we are today, is it not? no, it is not. why not? well, which part of the question would you like me to tackle first? i'd like you to tell me why notjust jan egeland, but antonio guterres, philippe lazzarini — head of the unrwa organisation in gaza — are all saying that this is a catastrophe. to use lazzarini's phrase, "it is a man—made disaster "compounded by dehumanising language..." and, of course, there he's talking about israel. "..and the use of food, water and fuel "as instruments of war." i do

if hamas is an army of strangers living in palestine. hamas is the palestinian people, it is an essential, central and the biggest part of the palestinian people. in all electoral processes since 2006, hamas won the majority of this. seats which reflected the people's trust in hamas, because all those programs have been at the service of our people. all israel's attempts to distort hamas's image and presented it as an extremist, terrorist and daesh organization have failed so far. for example, the world realized how hamas fighters dealt with the israeli captives. all the fighters came to bit farewell to them when they were released. the prisoners acknowledged in front of the cameras and media. how kindly the fighters were dealing with them, feeding them with their own food, living with them in their places, while the palestinian prisoners have been living in conditions similar to those of nazi concentration camps, despite the israeli's allegations about their democracy, freedom and human rights. the israelis are not ashamed of these alle

wrapped in hamas flags.e in distance) after the funeral, some of the fighters from the tulkarem brigade agreed to talk to me, as long as we didn't identify them. they spoke admiringly about hamas's military strength. >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: they said the war was galvanizing them. >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: can you tell me what's happening in terms of the differences between the armed groups since the october 7 attacks? >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: one of the fighters, a 22 year-old called mohammed, took us through the streets to show us where three men had been killed the day before. he said they were civilians; the israeli military said they were hurling explosives. >> (speaking arabic): >> (speaking arabic): >> navai: i wanted to find out what residents thought about the militants. the streets had been torn up, the electricity and water lines cut by israeli bulldozers, which the military says it uses to destroy explosives. >> we have no water, we have no electricity. what is their justifica

hamas.this cabinet meeting today, a plan will be presented where israel will maintain a security control indefinitely which netanyahu has been saying for some time, they want to have a security perimeter in gaza. but they also say, as part of this plan, responsibility for local administration, for dealing with civilian needs and doling out humanitarian aid would be given to local clans. now, this is already drawing comparisons to a plan that israel pursued in the early 1980s called the village leagues. which was an effort to decentralize power away from at the time, the plo, toward local groups that israel hoped would be more pro-israel. that plan did not work because the palestinians did not consider those groups legitimate, in many instances they considered them palestinian collaborators. this is what israel is considering at this point for what the gaza would look like if it's successful in defeating hamas. >> and, josh, just quickly, when they talk about a security perimeter. bottom line

top hamas official express confidence, israel can never eliminate hamas, words that hold as true todayate hamas movement, as if hamas is an army of strangers living in pales. hamas is the palestinian people, it is an essential, central and the biggest part of the palestinian people. in all electoral processes since 2006, hamas won the majority of the seats, which reflected the people's trust in hamas, because all those programs have been at the service of our people. all israeli attempts to distort hamas's image and presented as an extremist, terrorist and daish organization have failed so far. for example, the world realized how hamas fighters dealt with the israel in the interview, the top palestinian official also spoke about the strength of palestinian resistance, fighters saying they're fighting for a just cause for which they are ready sacrifice their lives. he was keen on stressing the strong will and determination is much more important than the resistance group's missiles and underground tunnels. that interview with aruri was conducted in istanbul by our correspondent rashan s

breaking news regarding an israeli drone attack uh in southern part of beirut, attack conducted on hamas office there, and we hear four people are dead, let's bring in ally risk, political commentator to see uh, what we can talk about, ellie, what do you have for us? well, i was just the moments before we went on air, i was just um reading some news, it appears, i'm not sure 100%, it appears that the target was the senior hammers officialuri uh, deputy, i believe, deputy chief of the hamers political bureau who resides in beirot, again i can't confirm 100%, but it appears that he was the... target, there were previous um rumors or some people circulating information that um the target might have been zayad nahal who is the senior official, in fact the leader of the islamic jihad, but it it appears that salodi uh, most probably was the target, um, not surprising given the fact that the israeli officials themselves have stated time and again that um, they will resort to assassinations and that if recall at the beginning of the war, there were statements made by the senior israeli officials

the deputy chief of the palestinian resistance movement hamas, saleh aluri was a celebrated military strategist and one of the founding members of hamas's military wing, the azidin al khassamb brigades. he had been living in exile in lebanon after spending some 18 years. in an israeli jail. before the israeli carnage began on october 7th, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had threaten to kill him. sali al-arori and number of his comrads were assassinated in an israeli drone strike in the lebanese capital beirot. the horrific act of terror came as the israeli regime's genocidal campaign against. palestinians in the besieged gaza strip surpassed three months, leaving behind more than 22,000 fatalities, mostly women and children. lebanon's caretaker prime minister najib mikati slammed the israeli attack on lebanese soil and warned against israeli political uperalon, resorting to exporting its failures in gaza to the southern border to impose new facts on the ground and change the rules of engagement. hisbullah resistance movement in its statement said the attack will not go with

he was a significant hamas was. he was a significant hamas figure. — hamas was.leh _ hamas was. he was a significant hamas figure, saleh al-arouri, l hamas was. he was a significant i hamas figure, saleh al-arouri, the hamas figure, saleh al—arouri, the deputy leader, he was killed in the attack on tuesday, and we are seeing images today of crowds gathered for his funeral, waving the green flag of hamas, and also carrying posters with pictures of his face. we saw prayers and also heavy gunfire as the funeral took place in beirut. so a blow for hamas, an important figure being assassinated, but also it was an attack that hit hezbollah because this happened in a suburb of beirut that is a stronghold of hezbollah yesterday we heard from the influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, who described the assassination as a flagrant israeli aggression, a crime that cannot go unpunished, he said, so a lot of people here in lebanon are waiting to see what kind of action hezbollah are going to take to respond to this assassination that the lebanese authorities and a

of hamas.s been carrying out daily attacks and said it wouldn't stop until israel stops its war on gaza. but what happened yesterday took things to a completely different level. this is an attack in the southern suburb of beirut. it is an area which was largely controlled for hezbollah, but it is also an area in the capital, a lot away from that open front, and also an assassination — the nature of that attack is completely different. targeted killings were something that has always said in the past will not tolerate to happen in lebanon. hassan nasrallah is expected to give a speech this afternoon. there is a lot of anticipation about what he might say, and whether he will get any direction towards what kind of retaliation hezbollah could have. this is the director for the levant institute in beirut and he told me more about the role of saleh al—arouri within hamas. role of saleh al-arouri within hamas. �* ., ., ~' , role of saleh al-arouri within hamas. �* ., ., ~ , , hamas. being one of the

along with others, along with two hamas military commanders and four other hamas members. israeli prime minister netanyahu said back in november that israel would act against the leadership of hamas, wherever they are last year. and even earlier, he directly mentioned aruri, who, by the way, was on the us terrorist list. by. murder, washington promised 5 million dollars as early as 2018. however, israel neither confirms nor denies this murder. the israeli army continues to attack the gaza strip in order to destroy hamas, according to the israeli authorities. according to tzahal spokesman daniel hagari, the israeli army has completely destroyed the command structure of hamas in the northern gaza strip. he added that palestinian militants in the area operate without commanders, and with... in total, israel destroyed about 8,000 militants, precisely in the north of gaza. the bbc cannot independently confirm these figures, but they were repeated by the spokesman for the israeli prime minister's office, eilon levy. israel has significantly undermined the terrorist infrastructur

figure in hamas who had helped a lot with building up the military wing have hamas.res shared by hezbollah of meetings between him and his—brother—word—mack�*s leader. he has been very important in... will resistance factions in the lead region. he is pretty much very a seniorfigure. and he is definitely seen as a big blow to hamas. just very briefly. _ seen as a big blow to hamas. just very briefly. any _ seen as a big blow to hamas. just very briefly, any more reaction from the lebanese government? that very briefly, any more reaction from the lebanese government?- the lebanese government? at the moment, the lebanese government? at the moment. as _ the lebanese government? at the moment. as you _ the lebanese government? at the moment, as you said, _ the lebanese government? at the moment, as you said, caretaker i the lebanese government? at the - moment, as you said, caretaker prime minister had condemned this association, i'm sure there will be lots of talks about what has happened, lots of questions and lots of concerns expressed in the coming days. of concerns

two other hamas military commanders have also been killed in the blast. hamas confirmed the martidom of aruuri as a chief of staff of the resistance movement in the occupied west bank and the besieged gaza strip. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before october the 7th. al-arori was born in the town of arura in the occupied west bank in 1966. alarori joined hamas in the late 1980s and was in. prisoned and released by the israel regime several times. he was a founding commander of his military wing, theen al-qasam brigade. he went into exile first to syria and later moved to lebanon in 2018 until his assassination on january the second. i saw him 20 years ago. he used to speak to me over the phone, but not a lot and now he's killed. he expected to be killed. he told me that his spent 15 years behind bars, he then was released and got married, but he was arrested again for three more years and then they deported him, those cowards sent him away and then they killed him. thank god my brother martur was mujahed fighter w

hamas, the resistance continues. the ceremony of the fourth anniversary of the martyrdom of general hajj qassem soleimani will be held today from 18:00 at imam khomeini mosque in tehran. the lovers sardars from all over the country brought themselves to kerman martyrs gulzar. postponing umrah trips until further notice. this morning, the first group of umrah pilgrims was supposed to leave from imam khomeini airport become the land of revelation. and the beginning of the process of receipt of goods for clothing, so far more than 620 production certificates have been issued. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, may god bless muhammad and the family of muhammad and hasten their fate. greetings and good morning to you, dear and respected countrymen , we are in your presence. stay with us until the end of the 8 am news . resist media office. in palestine, he announced that the assassination of saleh al-arwari, the vice-chairman of the political bureau of hamas, will not break the will of the palesti

there will be the day after hamas. thank _ there. there will be the day after hamas.us. thank you. — hamas. thank you for being with us. thank you, victoria. _ one of the most bewildering things about the post office scandal — and there are many — was why, when so many sub—postmasters were telling fraud investigators employed by the post office that they hadn't stolen any money and it was actually down to bugs in the horizon computer system, those investigators didn't go to senior executives at the post office or fujistsu, who delivered the software, and ask could there in fact be faults with it? we had an insight today from testimony at the public inquiry into the scandal. a man still employed by the post office to investigate suspected fraud by branch manages admitted he had no technical knowledge, and he claimed he didn't have information about faults and irregularaties about the horizon software system from the bosses, although he had been sent articles in various publications about the problems. a statement he signed in 2012, declaring the post office's "absolute

campuses amid the ongoing israel-hamas war. live coverage on c-span. >> the committee will come to order. good afternoon, everyone. before we start i want to recognize two member who was decided they want to leave us in congress. mr. brad wenstrup and brian higgins. since the last time we met the news came out with both of them. brad has devoted his life to service. whether it was in the army, whether it was as a doctor, or also in congress. and brian has been a tireless advocate for western new york. dating all the way back to his time on the buffalo city council. we all wish you both well in your next endeavors and we will miss you. but we're still going to have some fun time ahead. so. the october -- richie, yeah. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me also say some really fine things about the two people you just referenced. brian higgins would have share maryland of the same traditions i did, coming along the city council on the way up, a stellar member of this committee. and brad wenstrup, what a terrific human being. we're g

that leaves hamas in place. place. clearly, given the tensions in the wider region, there is a desire in washington to move things forward. here's secretary blinken speaking last night. we're looking to end it in a way that the atrocities of october seven never happen again in the suffering that we have seen on the part of israelis and palestinians alike. that is where working towards, the end of the suffering and that is where our focus is. but lord cameron has gone much further than that today. the british foreign secretary said the last 30 years had been a story of failure for israel, because it had failed to protect its people. and the palestinian people he said would have to be shown "irreversible progress" towards a two—state solution. "as that happens, we — with allies — he added will look at the issue of recognising a palestinian state, including at the united nations," "that could be one of the things that helps to make this process irreversible." with more on this let's speak to our diplomatoc correspo

baghdad internet. airport by the us drone strike and now to our world news bulletin everyone atop hamas official has been assassinated in an israeli drone attack in the south of the lebanese capital bayrut.uri and several others were killed in the attack which targeted in office of the hamas resistance movement. al ruri was one of the founders of the hamas's military wing and it's deputy leader. our correspondent matiam sailey joined us earlier with the details. it was definitely assassination by uh the israeli uh intelligence and we heard from the israeli media that they said that there is some sort of a security. operation inside lebanon, but here we're talking about the heart of the southern suburbs of beirot. this is the place of the supportive ground of hizballah. hisbullah secretary general saysan nosullah has previously said that any attack or aggression against lebanon or assassination, whether it is a lebanese official or a palestinian official, and therefore hizbullah would find it necessary to retaliate. this is in addition to another warning from hezbollah secretary general

hostages out, and we deal with hamas. it is an important distinction that the families want to convey as well. to summarize, we live in a different universe than you do and that is difficult to explain. all of us now are family members in this different universe that we live in. and we need you to do whatever we can. we celebrated thanksgiving with an empty chair at the table. we want to be whole again. god bless america, god bless you, and hopefully we can be whole again. thank you. >> thank you very much, will be chen. we now recognize liz. recognize- >> her home was destroyed on october 7th. how is that? that is better? okay on -- abigail came home, but she did not come home to her house, she did not come home to her parents, she came back to israel. we are blessed by the miracle of her coming home. but when she got home, her parents, who were both murdered on october 7th by hamas terrorists, were not there to greet her. on october 7th, her mother was gunned down by hamas terrorists in their home, her brother and her s

he has helped establish the hamas military -- the brigades, the military wing of hamas he was also responsible the hamas office and presence in the west bank. he worked closely with iran and hezbollah, the iran backed group, and there was footage of him for example seen with the iranian supreme. he also was responsible for many key prisoner swaps with israel. so not only who was killed but where he was killed because he was killed in a southern suburb. this suburb was a hezbollah stronghold. sumi: thank you for this update. for more on the strike in beirut and the war in gaza, i spoke to the deputy head of the combat intelligence corps from israel. we have seen the news that a strike in beirut has killed the deputy head of the political wing from hamas. how significant do you think this is? >> saleh al-arouri was not just a number two in what they call theolitical wing. he directly was responsible for recruiting and arming terrorist actions in the area of judea and samaria and the west bank, but he was also living in the heart of the has will the area of beirut. he was the direct connection be

and one of the founding members of hamas's military wing, the azidin al-qassam brigades. he had been living in exile in lebanon after spending some 18 years in an israeli jail. before the israeli carnage began on october 7th, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had threatened to kill him. salal aruri and number of his comrades were assassinated in an israeli drone strike in the lebanese capital, beirut. the horrific act of terror came as the israeli regime's genocidal campaign against palestinians in the besieged gaza strip surpassed three months, leaving behind more than 22,00 fatalities, mostly women and children. lebanon's caretaker. prime minister najib mikati slammed the israeli attack on lebanese soil and warned against israeli political operalon resorting to exporting its failures in gaza to the southern border to impose new facts on the ground and change the rules of engagement. hisbullah resistance movement in its statement said the attack will not go without punishment. danny. an, a former israeli envoy to the united nations, hailed the attack and congratu

hamas is the palestinian people.he majority of the seats, which reflected the people's trust in hamas, because all its programs have been at the service of our people. all israelis attempts to distort hamas's image and presented it as an extremist terrorist. and organization have failed so far, for example, the world realized on the interview, the top palestinian official also spoke about the strength of the palestinian resistance fighters saying, they're fighting for a just cause for which they are ready sacrifice their lives. he was keen to stress at his that this strong will and determination is much more important than the resistance groups of missiles and underground tunnels. that interview with arudi was conducted by conducted in istanbul by our correspondent rashan saglom. following the assassination, saglom joined us to recount her experience of the interview and her impression of aruri himself. when i first was told that i will be interviewing, i felt like this is a responsibility. it's not easy to interview

has blood is iran backed with a huge arsenal that is much more sophisticated down hamas -- dan hamas.far the exchange of fire between hezbollah and israel has been constrained to one strip of the border. if they start using lawn -- long-range missiles it could change the conflict and nobody wants to see that escalation. there is nervousness, even though the israeli army says they are ready for any scenario. there is nervousness among israel's allies and the international community about what the has been a response could -- hezbollah response could look like. for more, we speak to a senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracy. we have a few threads to bring together with developments in the middle east. i will start with iran. the bombing at the grave where there was a memorial being held for the former commander qasem soleimani. do we have any idea who might have been behind this? >> it is a pleasure to be here on the fourth anniversary of qasem soleimani, a man instrumental in implementing iran's regional vision of the militarization of the revolution and the creati

hamas controls gaza of course but he was a very effective member of hamas in the west bank that is under him back in cairo in 2021 when he was attending a series of meetings held between the palestinian factions. i remember one of the most important lines he told me at the time is that hamas and the palestinian people are entitled to various forms of resistance. itold him, "even armed resistance?" he said, yes, even if the west does not approve he said, yes, even if the west does not approve of that or does not like that, it doesn�*t matter because if we look back at all resistance movements across the globe, they have held arms at some point. i remember he was also very firm and very cautious with his words and very calm. that line really says a lot about the way he thinks. certainly somebody who had influence, notjust politically but also militarily. absolutely. he is known for being very well—connected with hezbollah and it is in the hezbollah stronghold in beirut this man was killed. he was seen as a good connection or a person who can forge good links between hamas and gaza and hezb

they were enemies of hamas many years ago. what do you think hamas - years ago.ey are holding more than 130 hostages in gaza?— that they are holding more than 130 hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very big — hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very his word — hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very big word and _ hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very big word and i _ hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very big word and i don't - hostages in gaza? well, i think nme is a very big word and i don't think i is a very big word and i don't think the palestinians view their relationship with one another... wasn't there a bitter war between the two over the leadership of gaza in 2005? :, , :, :, :, , :, :, 4' in 2005? there was and hamas took over control — in 2005? there was and hamas took over control of _ in 2005? there was and hamas took over control of gaza _ in 2005? there was and hamas took over control of gaza by _ in 2005? there was and hamas took over control of gaza by force. - in 2005? there was and hamas took over control of ga

official. -- a senior hamas official-— official. -- a senior hamas official. . , ., official.at i can say is that we are not speaking about _ official. what i can say is that we are not speaking about an - official. what i can say is that we l are not speaking about an innocent quy- are not speaking about an innocent guy. he was in charge of horrible terrorist activities in the last years, and i believe that world will be a little better without him. how does this represent an escalation or ramping up of the israeli war effort now that it has expanded to another country, neighbouring country? i cannot tell you. again, israel did not take responsibility. which is not take responsibility. which is not unimportant. the fact people speak about it as if it is done then, as if it is clear it is only israel is very different from israel taking responsibility. that should have some implications on the new future, speaking about act and counteract. the bottom line is that in such a situation, even if it is eventually israel, when you were not speaking about a serious collateral damage,

the statement that hamas issued today regarding the prisoners. he warned the israeli asra family to the israeli authorities that the time is running out for exchange and ceasefire. the fact is that the israelis prefer this battle and this war to cause more casualties than the israelis themselves in order to increase the hatred towards hamas. let's justify netanyahu's genocidal policies to a certain extent the region has turned into a storehouse of gunpowder. in this situation , which parties are trying to control the crisis and which parties want to expand the war? well, there are various discussions. there is also an analysis that basically the zionists know that when they don't have the ability to deal with hamas anymore , if hezbollah stays, look at iran. i agree with the first approach. israel's strategy is that it wants to expand the war . the secretary general of the united nations has correctly stated that it is in an explosive atmosphere. israel's view is to engage iran in war, to engage hezbollah seriously in war, which means that they c

hamas has _ palestinian civilians? it is hard to say. hamas has been _ palestinian civilians?d to say. hamas has been very adept| palestinian civilians? it is hard to l say. hamas has been very adept at going in at the large demonstrations in the united states if you look at the media reporting, you will see signs in those groups of demonstrators who talk to supporters and it is ongoing, hamas is there and it is ongoing, hamas is there and behind the demonstrations there's no doubt about it. i and behind the demonstrations there's no doubt about it. i think there's no doubt about it. i think there would _ there's no doubt about it. i think there would be _ there's no doubt about it. i think there would be people _ there's no doubt about it. i think there would be people saying . there's no doubt about it. i think. there would be people saying that there would be people saying that there isn't actually evidence of that in the vast majority of protests, demonstrations and marches in the united states and other parts of the world, it's mainly made up of people showing support for

where is the leadership of hamas ? might step in to replace leadership that is captured or killed? and i don't think the idf has an answer to that. but i think they are committed to this strategy. i think benjamin netanyahu cannot stop. he needs and out, he needs an exit ramp. he does not have it yet. i think biden may provide one for him. but we will see. >> great to get your analysis and thoughts. thank you both so much. we will have to get you back to go more into the you his election cycle and how that will play into the geopolitics of these conflicts. for the moment, we must leave it there. coming up next in the u.k., the government claiming success on processing asylum claims. we will be taking a look at the numbers. this is bbc news. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freen foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing soluti

leaders, if it manages to. �* ,, , three hamas leaders, if it manages to. �* ., ., three hamas leaderso watches and researches hamas, _ to. and as someone who watches and researches hamas, do _ to. and as someone who watches and researches hamas, do we _ to. and as someone who watches and researches hamas, do we know - to. and as someone who watches and researches hamas, do we know much more about how many of their key leaders, i mean, this was the second in command in terms of political movements and operations, mr saleh al—arouri, but do we know about other key figures who have been killed during this war? emil? other key figures who have been killed during this war? only limited numbers were _ killed during this war? only limited numbers were killed _ killed during this war? only limited numbers were killed in _ killed during this war? only limited numbers were killed in the - killed during this war? only limited numbers were killed in the gaza i numbers were killed in the gaza strip. the number three of the military was killed, and otherwise some heads of prominent brigades were ki

hamas is an army of strangers living in palestine. "hamas is the palestinian people, it is an essential, central and the biggest part of the palestinian people in all electoral processes since 2006, hamas won the majority of the seats, which reflected the people's trust in hamas, because all those programs have been at the service of our people. all israeli attempts to distort hamas's image and presented as an extremist, terrorist and daesh organization have failed so far. for example, the world realized how hamas fighters dealt with the israeli captives. all the fighters came to bit farewell to them when they were released. the prisoners acknowledged in front of the cameras and media how kindly the fighters were dealing with them, feeding them with their own food, living with them in their places, while the palestinian prisoners have been living in conditions similar to those of nazi concentration camps, despite the israeli's allegations about their democracy, free. and human rights. the israelis are not ashamed of these allegations,

if we say no hamas, who is going -- who is it going to be instead of hamas? an alternative means.re are no military solutions to this conflict. so we have reached this point where the only player, the only actor who can push for a political horizon which will enable this let's say achievement to be achieved is of course the u.s. now, the idea of the balfour declaration model was introduced by my dear friend ambassador salahadin and i did like it very much because basically what it says is that there is an international obligation to go forward for solving this israeli-palestinian conflict. i'm not going to comment about how much it is possible in an election year or not. the point is not if we want to end this war and the most productive way -- in the most productive way, but in a way that enables us to move ahead, this is what we need, a bite and declaration. paradoxically, we should we -- we should make enormous efforts that october 7, that its aim was to restore or not to enable any peace process, actually, open the gate for a peace process and maybe, maybe bring the palestinia

just to remind you of our top story, the hamas deputyj of our top story, the hamas deputy leader salehwill have all the details on that coming up have all the details on that coming up next, stay with us. hello. we may be done with the worst of the wind and the rain for this coming week, but the impact of what has fallen is still being felt. plenty of flood warnings still across the country today. for the impact, bbc local radio is your best ports of call for what's happening where you are. now the storm which brought some of the rain yesterday, storm henk, that's now in across parts of northern europe. still low pressure with us and that's why it's not a dry day out there. still got some showers around, some of those heavy and thundery around the coast. fairly frequent, but fast moving showers through parts of wales and southern england. fewer showers northern england, far south of scotland and northern ireland, some staying completely dry here throughout the day, but some lengthier bursts of rain into the west of scotland and some snow in shetland, where it's still chilly — three deg

, the deputy head of the political office of hamas, and two of the qassam commanders were martyred. in a special news interview , we will examine what goals the zionist regime pursues from the terrorist attack in lebanon. will the martyrdom of the resistance leaders change the equations of the gaza war? will do. a three-hour election conversation between party representatives and political activists with the president. mr. raisi is the increase in the number of participants in the elections for the benefit of everyone and the country? there must be a strong government and it will make iran strong. the necessity of my transformation is that everyone's tastes are present. the terror of the zionist soldiers when facing the resistance fighters. five other brigades of the zionist regime were forced to withdraw from the gaza strip. martyrdom of 227 more palestinians in the attacks of the zionist regime on the gaza strip in the last 24 hours. the number of martyrs exceeded 2280 people. and the unveiling of two knowledge -based devices in the field of industrial raw material analysis and mo

and it is very heavy for the zionist regime that it was hit by hamas alone, and the hit it got from hamas is more than what its dimensions are known now, in other words, when the war is over, only then can we deal with these issues, whether in the axis of resistance or in among the zionists, the axis of resistance does not want to deal with the issues of how and to what extent the zionists are targeted, because it has more important work, and the zionists also say that we must address these issues, for after the end of the war, this issue is very heavy for the zionist regime and the blow that it has been unable to achieve its goals from various internal and external directions. we are facing the biggest enemies and we are fighting with them. thank you. we have a report prepared by al-masira network in yemen regarding the achievement that the zionists showed in the north of gaza, but after a few days it became clear that the hamas forces returned to the north. gaza returned. they need to rest and should from their positions retreat we will be looking at the coming months because the rocket

and some regional powers say hamas must be included., whose right—wing coalition, which gives him in power. some of his ministers are calling for israel to reoccupy gaza and push up the palestinians. america, israel's most important partner, will have a say. it secretary of state antony blinken is starting another visit to the region. so the day after in gaza is deeply uncertain. while this war goes on, the main worry of most gazansis on, the main worry of most gazans is whether they will still be alive.— still be alive. we want to leave you _ still be alive. we want to leave you now _ still be alive. we want to leave you now where i still be alive. we want to | leave you now where they still be alive. we want to i leave you now where they live look at the region. this is a view of gaza from southern israel. the big news today was that statement coming from the united nations humanitarian chief, martin griffiths, who said that gaza has been rendered uninhabitable after three months, now, of that conflict. stay with us on bbc news. you c

aided hamas?n secretary—general, antonio guterres, says that of the 12, nine have been immediately dismissed. one has died and two are currently being identified. now, little concrete is known about the actual allegations. but as you heard in my report, israeli intelligence and the israeli military is said to have passed on information that they say shows the active participation of these people in the 7th of october attacks and the use of unwra facilities and vehicles. mark regev, a senior adviser to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc last week that a released israeli hostage of an unrwa staff member. now, the timing of these allegations will be will be debated. i mean, there will be those who will see israel as raising this at a time when its government is under pressure because of that ruling on friday by the international court ofjustice, the un's top court, that it needs to do all it can to prevent genocide in gaza, that there is growing international pressure on israel

in southern israel by hamas.ave provided the un with information about several employees in these attacks on israel, according to the commissioner general. he went on to say to protect the agency's ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, they have taken the decision to immediately terminate a contract of these staff members and launch an investigation. live now to tel aviv where we can speak to mark regev who is the senior adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. thanks forjoining us. what more can you say about the alleged involvement of these members of staff in the attacks on the 7th of october? , , , . . october? there is specific information _ october? there is specific information which - october? there is specific information which has - october? there is specific. information which has been october? there is specific - information which has been shared with the leadership about the involvement of members of this organisation, people who were on their salaries, and additional informati

now that more than three months has passed since that hamas — brutal hamas assault on southern israeln terms of where iran stands on its responsibility for that hamas operation. you've just said to me that iran will always stand with "the resistance". you regard hamas as part of that resistance. are you now prepared to be open with me and say iran knew that hamas was going to do that and iran supported hamas�*s military leadership in gaza undertaking that operation, which, let us not forget, killed 1,200 people? well, there are a number of things that we have to unpack here. one is that iran didn't know about the operation. iran does not control hamas, hezbollah, ansar allah or the other organisations... how do you know that, by the way? how do you know iran didn't know? because you're very well connected, you've been on iranian delegations to the nuclear talks. i know that your family has strong connections to supreme leader khomeini. but how do you know to be so categorical that iran was not aware of what was going to happen on october 7th? well, based on your own statements, which

and hamas-afill crated groups. this concern is not theoretical. in the early 2000's, the u.s. government identified and shut down the holy land foundation in the united states. that foundation funneled $12.4 million from americans to hamas. shockingly, a 501-c-3 entity called american muslim for palestine and its related c-4 have been sued in federal court for operating as an alter ego of the holy land foundation. the two groups have many of the same leaders and may be continue the same efforts to support hamas. second, the eruption of hay trett toward jewish students on college campus that was october 7 attack has been disturbing to watch. but the organization around it is not some organic movement. it has been carefully built over years, in part by american muslims for palestine. they helped build, shape, and train a group called students for justice in palestine, or s.j.p. many s.j.p. events have involved pro-hamas slogans and have led to intimidation, harassment, and violence against jewish students. unfortunat

but iran is helping hamas, because the goal of hamas is to destroy israel. in this case -- they are supporting hamas. most of the weapons hamas has are from iran. their training hamas individuals in iran and send the back to gaza. other sunni terrorists are not example.ith iran, iran hates them, and they do fight each other. iran recently did strikes in pakistan and in iran going after isis. however, iran has helped al qaeda, another terrorist groups. all the shia terrorists are very closely aligned with iran. hezbollah, the shia groups in iraq take all their orders from iran. some sunni terrorists groups are lined with iran, some are not. host: joe, republican. good morning. caller: my complaint is all the support for the countries, i am kind of a penny pincher and think supposedly we left $70 billion -- 70 billion or 80 billion equipment and bullets in afghanistan when we left in such a hurry. if ukraine needed so much stuff, we could have gave them the stuff we left in afghanistan. this were with them is at a stalemate. russia and ukraine is at a stalemat